Mimi Yin wrote: > ISSUE: Should Chandler switch keyboard focus to the sidebar when users > click in the sidebar? > > The short explanation for why we are NOT switching focus: > Most of the time, when user's click in the sidebar, it is NOT to switch > their focus to the sidebar. Instead the sidebar is merely an > intermediary or handle for changing what you see in the summary pane. As > you click on different collections in the sidebar however, your 'mental' > focus remains in the summary pane.
Making context-dependent decision on when to move focus is tricky, but I agree that it can make the experience smoother *if it is what the user expects*. In some cases expectations can vary. I use Thunderbird, and expect the focus to switch. iCal users would also expect it to switch. I don't understand why we switch focus when you are editing in the detail view but not when you are in-place editing in the calendar. When you have focus in the calendar but are not editing, clicking in the sidebar changes focus to sidebar. There are two sub-cases for the click in the sidebar: one where you click the same collection you are in, and one where you click a different collection. In the first case you are not trying to change what you see (unless it was a mistake click), so the click cannot be seen as an intermediary in my opinion. What is your expectations for clicking 1) same collection in sidebar, 2) different collection in sidebar when the initial focus is: a. focus in in-place event editor in calendar b. focus in event in calendar c. focus in calendar (but not any event) d. focus in detail view field e. focus in toolbar search box f. focus in in-place editor in sidebar g. focus in sidebar entry What is the expectation when clicking minicalendar? What is the expectation when clicking menu? ... Btw, when you click the week/day headers in the calendar, the focus is in the sidebar. Seems like another bug. If you click the previous or next week arrow in the calendar, focus seems to disappear. Also seems like a bug. -- Heikki Toivonen
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